* Please note, I am not a professional photog (like you couldn’t tell already…..). I have a regular ol’ camera. I do my best.
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Why BlogHer Was So Special
I’ve been thinking for a while about this post. How would I recap my first experience at BlogHer? How would I convey the way I felt about the conference, about the experience, about meeting so many wonderful women?
In the end I thought pictures would say it best.
Amy (AmyinOhio), Myself, Susan (Working Moms Against Guilt), Meghan (AMomTwoBoys) and Kristen (Kribaby) at the Kirtsy/AllTop party at Guy Kawasaki’s gorgeous house (This is one man who knows how to throw a party!).
At the People’s Party Meghan and Amy introduced me to one of my new favorite bloggers – Kendra (Headless Mom). If you had a chance to hang out with Kendra during BlogHer, you know how awesome she is.
At the People’s Party I also had a chance to run in to two of my favorite moms as well as make a new friend. Here I am with BusyMom, Jenn (MommyNeedsCoffee) and Glennia (The Silent I and the Momocrats). Please, Please, Please check out the header of the Momocrats blog. You’ll. Pee. Your. Pants.
The next morning I ran in to Andrew. He was there promoting his photo sharing site, Photrade.com. Andrew is one of my favorite new media man types and reigns from the Cincinnati area just like yours truly.
Ahhh…. Shannon (PhatMommy), my name twin. I ran into her during the speed dating session Friday morning. She rocks. It’s that simple.
Here I am Saturday night having a drink with my girl MerlotMom in the furniture department at Macy’s. We had a blast hunting down wine and champagne together. Girls gotta drink, you know.
Auh, Pauline (OHMommy) from Classy Chaos. If you read her blog you know how funny and awesome she is. In person, she’s ten times as much.
In one of the sessions I ran into my girls Kara and Abbey from MomCentral. We’ve been talking for over a year but have never had the chance to meet in person. I can’t wait to see them both again when BlogHer heads to Boston later this year.
And let us not forget Rocco. While he is not a blogger, I had a chance to meet him during the conference, courtesy of BlogHer and Bertolli pasta. MMMM.
Finally, I cannot forget all of the other awesome women I had the chance to meet in person, sans photo. I cannot wait to see all of you again next year.
I need to Bitch…..For the First Time
If you read this blog regularly you know that I rarely complain. This blog is primarily a very happy space where I talk about the great adventures of the Boyer family.
Well today I am irritated and I need to vent. It’s about the Sesame Street room at BlogHer.
Let me break it down….Here at the event you can sign up to tape a video with either Grover or Abby Cadabby from Sesame Street. Really cool right???
Well I went up yesterday and signed up for a video with Grover as I have two boys. Right before my turn, Grover goes on break and Abby comes on board. Now I have no problem with Abby, it’s just that I have boys. Boys who would not relate to a fairy monster the way they would to Grover.
I explain to the girl handling the scheduling that I would like to do my video with Grover and ask if I can comeback when Grover returns. She informs me that he won’t be back until tomorrow and schedules me for 11:30 a.m. today.
So, this morning I head down to the room and check in to make sure I am good to go. I notice that Abby Cadabby is doing the interviews and ask the girl when Grover will be up. She informs me that he’d done the earlier shift and that he wouldn’t be back until afternoon. I ask if I can swap out and come back then and she informs me that it’s booked. The best she can offer is a photo opp with him.
WTF!!@#@! I told her I wanted to be with Grover. I spoke with her about it yesterday. I am just super bummed as I already told my son that I was meeting Grover and he was super excited. Now I have to tell him I couldn’t make it happen.
Sorry to bitch and moan. I try to avoid it but I am just so disappointed by the whole situation.
PS. I love Sesame Street and think it is totally cool that they made this opportunity available. I’m just disappointed that it didn’t work out for me.
A Tasty Treat at BlogHer
Rocco DiSpirito goes from table to table talking with attendees at lunch.
Rocco did a little mini cooking demo for us over lunch. During the demo he gave great tips for simplifyg life in the kitchen. Something I need!
Finally. Me and Rocco. He was a very nice guy and I really loved the opportunity to meet him and chat with him about cooking.
